Sailor Pro Gear Slim Mini Blue

[lingyuki]

Pics first:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Impressions:

 

Wow! My Grandad sent this pen from Asia when he heard I'd been accepted into my top choice college/turned 18/was graduating. I love it! It matches my school color too!

 

The Sailor nib:

 

It's a H-M "Hard Medium" (guessing on the "H-M")? It writes quite fine, like a 0.5 mm about. After writing with it, I FINALLY know what all those Sailor enthusiasts were talking about. This nib is SMOOOOOOOOOTH. (I need Santana to play that song right about now.) WowZA!

 

Basic Specs:

 

This pen takes Sailor cartridges only. I love Sailor inks so I'm not complaining.

 

The size is comfortable when posted. I really like how the designers of the pen put the threads on the back of the pen! Great idea and really useful mechanism. Having used a retractable nib Decimo and VP for a while, I'm not that used to keeping track of a removable cap.

 

 

Love this pen! My collection will soon be of only these two pens. (Selling the Pelikan to a friend perhaps.) I'm ready for college!

Edited April 25, 2008 by lingyuki

[ethernautrix]

I have this pen, also! Mine is an XF nib. And lemme tellya, it is EXTRA fine! EXTRA EXTRA!

 

But I love it. I have a black with silver trim with a F nib on its way. Hurrah!

[AndyHayes]

I have one of these and I wasn't stuck on it at first, but it has grown on me since. It remains the smoothest of the nibs that I have. It doesn't get as much use as it should though.

[el3ssar]

Nice pics !! I love my Sapporo, it is fantastic (I miss it, I should have take it with me ). But I have a Pro Gear on its way, hope it will be there within a week

 

Enjoy your Sailors

[NeoTiger]

Nice pen, congratz~

 

Even though it is cartridge-only, once you finish the cartridge you can rinse it out and refill the cartridge with any ink you like, using a syringe.

[Keng]

Great pen, nice handwriting too...

 

Mike

[KCat]

ooh - the dark blue. Very nice. I love these pens and eventually hope to have more (both mini and regular size "Sapporo" (Pro Gear Slim.) Nice pics and nice commentary.

[Brian]

Congratulations on a great gift that will provide a connection to your family as you are away studying hard. Good luck with school, it will be challenging and fun.